Where does “alghe” come from?

alghe (Italian) comes from Italian alga, from Latin alga, from Proto-Indo-European alǵ- — to be dirty, be slimy; frog; duckweed; to be...

alghe (Italian): plural of alga

Definitions

  1. plural of alga

Ancestry of “alghe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianalgaseaweed
2LatinalgaSeaweed; plants that grow in freshwater;...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanalǵ-to be dirty, be slimy; frog; duckweed; to be...

Words derived from “alghe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European alǵ- →Every word from Latin alga →Every word from Italian alga →